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Germantown board approves Amy Bell Elementary overflow lot paving after 4-3 vote; members raise procurement and safety concerns
Summary
The Germantown School District Board approved paving an overflow parking lot across from Amy Bell Elementary for $57,184, funding it from the district's Fund 41 capital improvements budget. Several board members said the project did not go through a standard bid process and urged immediate safety signage and crosswalk work.
The Germantown School District Board of Education approved a $57,184 contract to pave and stripe the overflow parking lot at Amy Bell Elementary School despite objections from several members about procurement and pedestrian safety.
The project was presented to the board as grading and paving roughly 13,000 square feet of existing gravel lot, reconstructing a compacted hot-mix asphalt pavement, and providing pavement markings and any required ADA elements. The motion authorized Johnson and Sons Paving to perform the work and directed funding from Fund 41 (Capital Improvements).
Board members who opposed the item said the district did not follow the standard public bidding process. "I am going to remain a no on this vote," said Mister Pollock, who also told…
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